Many still are deluding themselves that "this isn't the fault of PBS." They are partially correct, just as CRJ567 keeps telling us. It's largely the fault of the agreement which brought us PBS with it's weak contract language allowing company carte blanche to exploit the PBS system. Many warned of this danger during the vote, but we bought it hook line and sinker, as sold to us by our stalwart elected used car salesmen.
It's so lovely to log on and read posts such as this one from one of our uber-senior "gentlemen":
did 3 days in January, same pairing every week, and was blocked, not credited, at 18:00. So me thinks it can be done but then you have pilots whining about 5-6 leg days. If I can get 4 days off after a 3 day, works for me!
Hoser
ROLL TIDE!
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Thank you so much for your insightful observations Hoser. While you're gloating, the majority of your colleagues are taking it up the keister. And then there are the truly insightful comments such as this one:
Originally Posted by Oakum_Boy
"Problem is, Papazolio is drooling all over himself because you clowns are gonna be working as many days as he is. The GO really would prefer everyone flying 3:52, seven days per week. 'Cause hey- it's only fair... They HATE pilots and that's the bottom line. Everyone does. I say %$^( them and fly safely."
(This thing won't let me disable italics for some reason, but Redan follows):
Thank you Oakum, at least a few of us get it. Is there anyone who doubts what our management is capable of? Many of us have warned that they will be right there to exploit every weakness in the PBS agreement post haste. And what have they done? Right off the bat last month they tried this with the lines. Now again this month with their "soft costs" initiative. Remind you of how it's been since Contract '07? Was pretty nice briefly until they found ways to exploit every bit of weak contract language brought to us by our MEC Mensas. When you've been on reserve as long as I have you get to experience what it's like to deal with managers utterly devoid of conscience.
Who among us really believes last year's fiasco was a mistake??? REALLY??? And so many of us bought the "Apology." OMG. Prepare to relive it. Many warned us that BH would arrive, make friends with everyone and sell himself as the nice guy...then systematically chip away at our QOL until there was nothing left. He's done exactly as predicted and yet so many of us are such BH cheerleaders, "Oh BH, it's so much nicer since you got here." After last summer's meltdown there were still pilots posting here, on ALPA board and on OurASA to that effect. Made me spew chunks.
Now here we are, dealing with a PBS agreement allowing company virtually unlimited latitude over pairing construction..."garbage in, garbage out," just as predicted. And praying that our new XJET brothers and sisters can save us from our own stupidity. Regarding our company, I've heard over and over: "do they think we're stupid?" The short answer is: YES!!! We prove it again and again by allowing ourselves to constantly exploited and abused in the name of "competitiveness" thereby giving company tacit consent to continue to lower the bar. Other comments I've heard are to the effect: "Hold steady, tow the line and keep your eye on the prize" as if something down the road is going to happen to make our lives better by virtue of us locking step with company. But do people really believe this? Really??? THEY ARE LOWERING THE BAR EXPONENTIALLY!!! With our help. My question is: ARE WE REALLY WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS??? and WHAT THE HALE ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT???
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